Popular Singer-songwriter dies after five decades of music, activism

The music world lost a beloved voice and a vibrant spirit on Tuesday, January 23rd, 2024, with the passing of singer-songwriter Melanie Safka, known simply as Melanie, at the age of 76 confirmed by her children Lelilah, Jeordie and Beau Jarred announced. She was 76.

“This is the hardest post for us to write, and there are so many things we want to say, first, and there’s no easy way except to say it… Mom passed, peacefully, out of this world and into the next on January 23rd, 2024,” her children shared in a Facebook announcement.

“We are heartbroken but want to thank each and every one of you for the affection you have for our Mother, and to tell you that she loved all of you so much!” wrote her children. “She was one of the most talented, strong and passionate women of the era and every word she wrote, every note she sang reflected that.”

“Our world is much dimmer, the colours of a dreary, rainy Tennessee pale with her absence today, but we know that she is still here, smiling down on all of us, on all of you, from the stars,” their statement continued.